Cost-effective sampling design applied to large-scale monitoring of boreal birds

Ecology and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Carlson, Matthew ^b   Schmiegelow, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 54249117381     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00438-060211     Document Type: Article

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